So here we are again with a new chapter after much wait, it would have been finished earlier but I had some unexpected stuff crop up.
I apologize for the castle POV of the last chapter as I probably should explain the reason for it. the castle POV is actually the Kur's friend that he spoke of in his story a few chapters ago that got transformed into a castle building like form, but besides that he doesn't have a name as of yet, but will have a name to go by much later in the story as I don't intend to use him too much compared to other characters who are more important to this story that I have.
Anyway I would like to thank all who are still enjoying this story so far and all who review, the new followers and current followers of this story as I do try to make it as enjoyable as possible.
Jeoliverio - Same here, as I intend to keep that as the main part of the story as much as I can, without messing up the story I'm building. Yeah I do apologize about that, I have mentioned it in the above beginning paragraph before I started the story as after reading your review I realized I should have mentioned it some way to prevent the confusion that I caused, but it's not a vampire or human but something else entirely, the one thing that's confirmed is that Kur spoke of him in his backstory to Felix a few chapters ago, hope that's helps. She was a spy for Kur alongside Afton but the reasoning for her kidnapping will be explained soon as I intend to mention it, but one thing I can say it involves Afton's mission without giving too much away.
kelmikmag - I apologize if any of it has got confusing but trust me it will all make sense the future chapters coming up but if you have read the previous chapters to understand what's happening so far. But I appreciate that you're rereading what's happening to make it easier to understand.
Kouga's older woman - We all do feel bad for her but don't worry about her for long as things will be better for her now. Good well I hope you enjoy this chapter and future chapters that I'm gonna be getting done as soon as I can.
Chapter 26
Jasper POV
Finally finding some time away from everyone to be content Isabella, who is my mate, I still find that a strange term to use, because with that one word it brings other terms that is used that's means the same, like spouse, partner, lover, or ones I know that my mistress Maria called her mate Demetri, bedmate. Of all the many names I think at this time it feels like it should be a companion like a mating bond definitely when you consider the not just massive age gap but that she is still a human infant, small child age that taking her out into the world, others would think she is my child not my mate. It doesn't stop or prevent me from feeling this mating bond like everyone else does but with my gift I know better that I can't do what they can and time is only something that should be treasured, but also something that I have plenty of, despite all bad that's always gonna be round the corner mainly this ancient long war that she is supposed to be part of.
As I sit in the gardens with Isabella in my arms cooing back to me like she's trying to respond back when I talk to her, even with the twins under the shade of the trees during the sunny day that we have, as they prefered to keep out of the sun due to their skin to sparkle like crystallized tiny diamond against the light of the sun, whereas I decided not to follow them staying in the shade as I onced used that sparkle to distract my prey whenever I hunted in the past but I found that Isabella liked it as she always tries to use her tiny hands to grab at the light reflecting.
"You two come on it's not all bad, not just that but how do you know you sparkle anyway, I probably sparkle because of what my mistress told me when I was first started my new life but you told me yourselves that you have never seen if it was true for yourself and just avoid it without knowing if it's true for you two" I explained while trying to see if I could tempt them as I have been doing for the past hour or two.
They both shook their heads synchronised to give me the same answer of not doing it, which just caused me to chuckle with Isabella in my arms copying me, which made me smile and the twins did while being far away that you wouldn't expect them to have noticed. "Fine I give it a go if it stop you from pestering us, count yourself lucky that I haven't used my gift on you, because I don't want to upset your mate, as I do love her too much to see her cry and be sad" Jane replied with a huff, causing Alec to chuckle and follow her as she walked into the sun, which with every step they both had their eyes closed not wanting to see if they sparkle or not but to my shock they did not, causing me to laugh so much louder than I intended, causing them both to open their eyes to glare at me.
As they glared at me, they then looked at themselves to see they wasn't sparking like I was, which caused them to feel a mixture of glee and utter confusion at the thought of not sparkling like they expected, "how are we not sparkling like you, is there something wrong with us or just a fluke?" Alec asked as Jane was just staring at herself with amusement and glee, while Alec was just waiting for me to respond to which I just shrugged my shoulders, as I wasn't certain, "I guess it could be to do with what you both and the kings said about you being witch hybrids or it could be that you both like the rest of your coven are just lucky as I haven't heard any of them avoiding the sun like you both accordingly to Demetri as he spoke very highly of you both on our way here, but did find it funny that neither of you went out in the sun" I explained with a smile, while feeling some respect for Demetri for telling me details about them and this coven on the way here as I found knowing information about who and where I am gonna be at is important to know.
"Wait he you said he speaks highly of us, why us and not our masters or anyone else in our coven, it's not like that we are not happy that he sees us that way but it's just surprising that he does when he has never said anything like that to us, part of me wants to torture him for not telling us that he thinks so much about us that it sounds he respects us more than he does of our masters" Jane said while I could feel from her that she was only joking when she said to torture Demetri, which made me happy to know as I wouldn't want to get in between her and my mistress despite how I feel about them both in different ways, causing me to smile.
As I took my attention back to Isabella again, I could see that the twins wanted to hold her as I have been with her for two hours, yet I felt conflicted because being her mate which meant I wanted to spend all my time with her without sharing yet my bond with the twins also left me knowing they wanted to hold her to keep her protected from any dangers that could be lurking about from friend of for, accidental or incidental harm that could happen which was like how I felt being her mate, as they was still too young to defend herself like we could, "do you both want to hold her so I could see the castle a little more, as I know I want to know more about where I'll be staying now that I'm just as much part of your coven as I'm mated to Isabella as you both are to be bonded to her and have been here longer than I have" I said standing up from my sitting position to allow one of them to hold her.
As Alec had her from my arms, causing Jane to look annoyed, yet feel happy like she was just trying to see if he would give in and let her hold Isabella instead as I could feel the love she felt for my mate which came as close as my own yet couldn't because she knew in her head that me being her mate is higher than he sisterly love bond, but also the bond of a witch hybrid guardian that she shared with her twin just that he's wasn't as intense as hers because he put his guardian like bond above his brotherly love bond, which I understood clearly with how my gift was easier to read on these two than it is with the others of the coven or have met last night.
Before I walked out the garden I turned to face Isabella, "I'll be back in a tid bit my tiny adorable mate" I said with a smile, glad that she doesn't say much despite the knowledge that she probably could if chosen to, with how special she is, not just because she's my mate but because of that she was given to the kings to protect for some reason that I don't like the sound of. As I waved to her, causing her to stick her tongue out, which was a justified reaction, that made me smile wider, and made the twins laugh, as I turned back round to go out into the castle.
As I found my way through the castle with ease despite some of the guards looking at me with looks that differed from how they felt when they saw me, like they knew my reputation from rumours they heard, not that I blamed them for it, as they wasn't wrong with what I've heard them say when I pasted them, causing me to smirk, knowing that I was just as feared as the twins, or Caius the one king that majority feared for being ruthless, yet with what the twins told me about him he does have a soft side only when it comes to my mate which meant I knew he be harder on me than most because of it.
While moving at a slightly slower pace than necessary, I found it comforting, as it meant I could appreciate the art that was placed on the walls that have long hallways without anything to separate it, until you reach the main part of the castle that most of the rooms seems to occupy, as I admired the painting some of them took me back to my human years in the war that I became the youngest major to have ever happen in that time, or most likely to ever happen in the future, as I admired this one particular art that drew me in the most as I saw that it had the three kings and the one known as Carlisle, which surprised me that he has known them that long, yet not being actually part of the coven which made no sense to me.
As luck would strike me by looking at this individual piece of art, Carlisle approached me, some may wonder how I often knew who is behind me if it was friendly or one of the enemy, well being so in tune with my gift, while still learning what else it allows me to do with it, besides the basics I have learnt to use it like a extra sense to know who is nearby as everything that feels emotions or expresses them I can sense within a certain distance from myself haven't quite worked out how far that is but it's further enough to ensure that no one under my protection is harmed and so far it's worked.
"Hi Carlisle" I say without turning round, I could feel his shock at me knowing it was him without looking, "erm hi, do I call you Major like most do or do you have a name that I can call you, as I know not to offend you but we're not in the army or war at this moment to where it feels right to call you by that name, like I said no offense" Carlisle spoke while I could hear him slowly approaching where I was still standing looking at the art.
"None take and my name is Major Jasper Whitlock but you can call me Jasper if that is preferable for someone like you who wants to get to know me better but your right we are not in a war or army now but if what I've heard and been told is correct we soon will be, so you might want to learn to fight if you don't already know how to, no offense" I said probably with a bit of snarky than I intended but what he doesn't know about me is that my life so far has been all war, battling for what we want to stay alive, so from what I've gathered he isn't a fighter, prefers to talk his way out of a fight, but I know better that there is time to talk and there is a time when fighting is the only way to win and not lose.
"Sorry, I know little in fighting experience as I assume you heard I'm a pacifist, so I think I stick to what I do as I doubt that fighting will solve it, again no offense" Carlisle replied apologetically, "anyway what you doing here as I didn't take you for the type to be interested in art with your background that I've heard Aro talk about" he asked curiously, "actually what you heard from Aro isn't all true, because he doesn't know as much as he thinks he does about me, what you are correct is that I'm not the type to be interested in this, but being that I am here I was just curious to see more of this place and that I found that the art did separate the boredom of the plainness of these walls as I make my way round" I say specifically in a harsh tone, as I despise anyone thinking they know me without me even having more than one single interaction to get to know me properly, it's why my mistress and brother in arms can say they know me more than anyone here, maybe except the twins who have taken the interest to know me more and soon my mate will know too despite the lack of speech at this current moment in time.
Looking to be taken aback by my tone and what I said, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to assume that Aro or anyone knows you based on the little interaction, but I hope my curiosity doesn't upset you, as I saw that you was staring at that one piece of art that features me and the other kings that was painted in my time I spent with them before I left to go on my own journey" Carlisle asked curiously while looking to be weary with every word he spoke, which I could feel it even without noticing the trembling or how he looked to think before he speaks, which did make me feel bad as I did actually like him, I've just never liked anyone thinking that they know me without even trying.
"You don't have to be weary of me, as I've said I don't like anyone to assume they know me, not just that I actually quite fascinated with you, as I've heard myself through many sources that your not like the rest of us with your dietary needs, so I love to know more about it if you have the time while my stay here is permanent by no force required" I said, which feeling that he has relaxed, feeling more at ease and calm now, then seeing it with his whole body language to reflect those same feelings made me feel that he wasn't as weary of me now that I put him at ease or that I said about wanting to know more about his different diet to that of everyone else of our kind.
"Your not playing with me about wanting to know about my diet, as being that you spend time with the twins and are most likely will be as we continue forward, I know they are of one the few that absolutely hates me even just being here and whenever I tried to bring up this subject it just causes them to hate me more, where they, or more specifically Jane uses her pain gift on me to get me to leave them be" Carlisle explained worryingly, while I felt his worry I also felt him feeling cautious like he was expecting me to react like the twins, part of me wanted to but unlike the twins I had other ideas in mind.
"Before you continue as I can feel what you feeling, one when you spoke just then but also that you are gonna say more, which is where i'm gonna stop you right there for a moment" I said sternly, "it doesn't matter who I spend my time with as I make the choices that intend to do, but before you start feeling like you need to run away as I can feel it in strong waves right now so calm down" sounding bit infuriated, but noticed he did indeed calm slightly yet still feeling conflicted, " I will listen to you out as I may not join you on your diet ad I'm happy with how I feed, and I don't plan to change it anytime soon, but unlike the others here I will hear you out but if I feel that you will try to push me to join your diet I won't make you feel pain like Jane can but I will put you under so much torture that you will heavily regret attempting it again with anyone ever again" I said with a smile that I could tell unnerved him, before I forget even the kings wouldn't even dream of stopping me from going through with it as they know some of what I'm capable of but not everything so do take that into count with you chosen words from now on, so do I make myself clear" I said with a glare but changing it to a smile again.
Just as I predicted I could feel not worry or anxious, but that he was on the verge of falling to pieces, like my words alone even sounding nice or sincere, made him feel like one of my enemies in the past feel when I tortured them for hours on end to get information on their pathetic army to prevent my mistresses army from taking over, not like it helped much, with a dark chuckle at just thinking back to that moment. "Sorry about that chuckle. I was just thinking back to a lovely moment in my beginning years of being part of the army of my mistress Maria, so do you want to discuss your diet now or later then?" I said, not needing to hear a response as he soon ran away without giving a response.
Hearing a chuckle coming in a different direction of the hallway from which I have yet to explore, "I see that you put him in his place, despite that he is friends with my brother unfortunately" Caius spoke as he walked at a leisurely pace towards me, "you don't have a problem with that do you as if you're challenging me then you won't win, no matter how much you outclass me in age and experience" I stated very confidently, awaiting a response back, Caius huffed, challenging you no wouldn't dream of it, as far as rumors go about your skill and how powerful you are maybe another day I will take you upon your challenge, but as of now we have other matters to discuss that I think you be inclined to hear" Caius spoke with confidence but with authority that I was impressed with, "I respect your confidence and authority to be willing to challenge me at a later date as so few does, but to the matters you speak of can it wait till tomorrow as I promised my mate I will return and despite what anyone says I know she's only a year old in human years but she's still my mate and deserves my attention when it's required" I said confidently.
"Tomorrow it shall then, you will most certainly find us in the throne room as by then everyone will most likely be heading home or be accommodated in one of our many room that's we have vacate as of this time" Caius spoke in the same manner of confidence, not showing anything else with his feelings to me which intrigued me, but also got me curious to see if it was a one time thing or something that he could repeat every time. Either way I definitely would go as planned as I am a man of my word so when I promise to do something I intend to keep it until my last undying breathe so to speak, so I nod my head so the white haired king Caius knows I agree even though they're nothing he could do to prevent me from refusing, then I turn my back and look past my gift to my newly formed mate bond, to my surprise allowing me to find which direction she is currently located, as I walk quickly in that direction without a second glance back
As I'm quickly walking towards my mate without seeing any others on my route I do hear voices coming from my mistress and her mate Demetri which I ignore despite the powerful emotions which in my newborn years would have knocked me to the ground, but with time and experience I can easily walk by without it affecting my movements. While I keep to this pace with only a couple of meters separating me from my mate, I think back to what I've heard about mate bonds in general, that despite the distance it can cause pain with the more distant you are from them, but being in close ties it is hard to resist the growing urges definitely in the early stages of the mating bond, as you will want to claim them early before others think they can claim your mate instead. Without thinking too heavily on the matter of mate bonds, as there are plenty of other things that mated pairs are supposed to feel or do, it seems that mine and my mate Isabella has a more special, unique maybe even ancient from what the twins can guess from the early stages of our bond, as they told me despite what their master Aro told them, they been sneaking back and forth at this very old tome, that tells them quite a bit about Isabella and their connection that they share alongside something that isn't fully described about the bond I share with them or Isabella, so they said that if I let them know about anything I see about it myself and they will keep searching for answers in the meantime.
As I get to a room that seems to be where the bond is pulling me to, I open the door to see not just Isabella sleeping in her little bed or sorts, but both of the twins watching her from both sides of the bed, "how long has she been sleeping" I whisper, Alec looks at me, as Jane still looks on in adoringly matter, "she hasn't long got to sleep, we apologize that we didn't let you know we moved from the garden as we didn't want to disturb your little tour" Alec whispered in the same tone that I did, then Alec look confused for a moment, "actually how did you find us? As if we did something like that to others they would have taken longer to find us" Alec whispered but confused, I chuckled, " I tell you later as I'm sure you and your sister would like to get some things sorted while she's is asleep, from what you told me before we entered the garden awhile ago" I say in the same tone, with a smile on my face.
Jane perked up, "if your sure, but any troubles then you know what to do to get us to come as soon as you need the assistance" Jane spoke as I could tell despite her wanting to stay just as long as I do with my mate, she really wanted to know how things were in the throne room and to do some more research too, "not that you gonna need the assistance with your skills" Alec added with a smile of his own, before both himself and Jane walled out the door silently without a sound.
Caius POV
After the Major left to find his mate, I decided to walk back to what was supposed to be a celebration but now seems more of a gathering, not that it bothers me as majority of the coven is getting what it asked for in being able to get to know their old covens or friends that they had before joining. While I knew that certain individuals left without making themselves known, I decided not to intervene as those said individuals deserved a break, plus both of my brothers either knew that or didn't and did not care to find out or ask.
Walking at a casual pace I definitely could see what Aro's fascination with the Major was definitely from what I overheard with his conversation with the bunny muncher who most knew I never liked or appreciated his company within these castle walls, but I knew how Aro felt about him and how he enjoyed knowing about his diet and travels as it excites him, which is why I never did anything to stop him returning here or contacting my brother during his departure after staying with us for such time.
As I made my way through the throne room while ignoring all that was happening in the room, while leaving my brother Marcus and Heidi in charge of things, as it seemed to be the best decision to be made with all in agreement, despite all this supposed to being a celebration for Isabella first birthday, as well as being here for a year, but also a way to reconnect our coven with old friends and covens in a way to apologize for taking them away. With everything that's happened since everyone got here luck wasn't on our side with things going sideways, even more so that the twins alongside the Major who I briefly spoke to departed from this very room to be alone with Isabella, not that I blamed them, but also both Demetri and his mate Maria who myself and Aro don't trust, has also gone off somewhere doing god knows what, so with the few remaining trusted members Heidi was the best choice to keep an eye on everyone while myself and Aro had matters to discuss as being in here wasn't a good idea for us to stay for long periods with the lack of trust that still surrounds us with our allies.
As soon as I opened the office, not even a step into the room I had Aro standing right by my face, "so did you find him?Where did he go off to? Is he coming to discuss what we spoke about?" Aro rambled without giving a single second to stop give me a chance to speak, so I did what I always do when he doesn't shut up and let me speak, I punched him full force square in the chest knocking him back to the back wall of the office leaving a small dent in the wall as he collapsed to the ground, the only thing going through my mind is he was lucky that he stopped himself hitting the wall harder despite the surprise my punch did to him.
"Now that I got you to shut up" i said while I walked towards him,but then closing the door behind me so no one should hear us as clearly, "don't even think about talking until I'm finished, because I've had it up to here" lifting my hand up above my head while showing him how angry I was with him, " ever since Amun confronted you which he had every right to do, yes I didn't approve of how he spoke to you as only myself or Marcus has that right but what he said he was right for saying" pausing to let him soak that into his thick head as he still didn't choose to get back off the floor, but clearly looking to being paying attention, "as to what we discussed, I did find him as I caught him when he was alone surprisingly, but he asked for tomorrow to find out, so that's what we are gonna do, we will leave him be until then" I said while glaring at my brother to make sure he heard me, as I knew he was the type to pester to get someone to give in and just do as he asks, but this time I want him to listen definitely after what I saw the Major say to Carlisle.
"Come on get up" I said changing my tone of voice yet feeling mildly irritated that he still hasn't moved, as I stood with my hand to help him up, while he sat there not even taking it, "well I offered, so if your gonna just sulk there like a baby, which is kinda ironic saying that as we already have one of those in the castle yet she isn't acting like that so grown up for heaven sake before I lose it again" I say frustratingly, I stare waiting for a response of any kind.
Noticing that I wasn't getting a response I was gonna storm out the room to check on Marcus and Heidi, "I'm sorry" Aro said quietly, "is that all your gonna say because you do know that despite how great how coven is, the damage you done to them to bring them here no matter how positive the results of it was saying sorry is meaningless unless you mean it, I'm not saying that this celebration and get together isn't a start but no one is gonna stop Marcus from getting some kind of payback at you for what you did not just his mate but to your own sister just to keep him from leaving, which is, actually I don't think there is a good word to describe it without myself wanting to punch you again" I explained showing him that I was on the verge of one of my explosive anger moments.
"So what can I do then if saying it isn't enough, because for once I'm all out of ideas" Aro spoke again, "there isn't anything you can do but take it like a ancient vampire that you are and learn not to repeat the same problems that you caused because one of these days I won't always be here to protect you or help you to try and fix things" I said calmly, " for a start get up, and follow me to join everyone else, act like a king, less of a child, and hopefully, I mean it hopefully bridges can be repaired and everything might just get better with time as for now the only thing you haven't destroyed is the task of caring for Isabella as she will grow up and do better than us as what family should do" I explained saying every word with care so he heard every single word I said.
As I watched him get up slowly, then walking towards me, " okay let's be kings and do the job we swore we will do" Aro said in a monatone voice, empty of his usual self but it was a start so I didn't respond, as we made our way out of the office to join everyone else.
Throne room
As I got in the room I walked towards our brother, while Aro, who was behind me, decided to just walk straight to his throne to watch from his seat, I just shrugged after seeing it, instead choosing to see how things were, "so brother how's things been in here? Anything that needs me to deal with" I said while I cracked my knuckles, "actually things have been pretty good, even boring for someone like you brother" he said placing his hand on my shoulder, "so nothing has happened at all so it's been pretty much like this the entire time?" I asked clearly not understanding how it's been like this the entire time.
"Well not entirely the whole time, we did have one thing happen, but trust me it was more funny than a problem, it gave us all a good chuckle if anything" Marcus chuckled, "please don't make me regret asking this but what happened definitely to cause not just you to laugh but everyone else to join in" I asked now curious about what it could be, while glancing back at Aro who hasn't changed his look or how he is sitting almost like he has turned to to a vampire statue. "Well let just say that Amun was wondering where Demetri has gone to for so long, while everyone else wasn't interested in where he has gone or why Amun was so adamant to wanting to know instead of talking to everyone else, as even his own mate Kebi told him not to worry that he show up again when he is ready" Marcus paused, "well as luck would have it, he asked one of the guards if they knew which room was Demetri's to see if he was there, after he found out where he shot out the room without a second thought and few minutes later came back with a look like he saw something he shouldn't have seen" he paused to laugh, which got the everyone looking at him, while I knew that he will be saying next will be what is causing him to find so funny. "Well let say he got more than he was expecting to say the least to what he saw as after one of the Denali Coven members called Kate used her gift to shock him with Kebi's approval of course, he told us what he saw, as he said that both Demetri and Maria are having some personal catch up time that he heavily regretted interrupting as he didn't knock on their door but barged right in" he paused, "so you can imagine why it's so quiet in here after all that, definitely as for once Amun hasn't stopped his mate from interacting with everyone else like he has done in the past which you can see why she looks more happier than the last time you saw her.
I started to chuckle which I think caused quite a few stares, and looks of discomfort at me laughing, " now I do wish I was here to see that, such a shame missed such a funny scene, but I'm glad that you got to witness it" I said as I stopped laughing slowly, "what about you, brother and don't tell me it's nothing as I can clearly see from Aro's face and demeanour that something has definitely happened that I have missed" he questioned, but not before he followed with "not that it changes how I feel about him as you know very well about " Marcus stated, well I couldn't blame him for feeling that was even though it's usually me who holds grudges, it's funny how things change these days.
"Well you haven't missed that much, as you know we wanted to discuss something with the Major who is Isabella's mate, bonded with the twins who should eventually be changing to their hybrid witch forms, but is also has a strong connection with Maria and Demetri plus one mystery individual who we have yet to meet, so he is very important individual that we wanted to meet and talk to" I explained, "well as it turns out he would prefer to wait till tomorrow to spend more time with his mate and see more of the castle alone which when I saw him I understood, even as he asked to discuss what we wanted to talk about tomorrow I understood where he was coming from, even though I don't fully know him yet that he similar to how I would feel in his position" I continued, "but as I went to inform our brother of this he didn't even let me get one foot in the doorway before slamming me with thousands of questions all at once, so I punched him right in the chest into the wall of his office to shut him up, then I did what I'm good at by putting him down in his place by telling him all that he seemed to forget about which has left him feeling like he is at this moment" I finish saying, which as I finished talking I could see no concern or anything on his face but a smile, something akin to mine that I've used in the past.
"Good, but just remember that despite what you did to him, I still intend to get my own revenge on him, so when he leasts expects it, I will be taking him down into the arena, not the training room but our old arena, remember the one we used in the early days of our coven to train each other before we had a room dedicated for training our coven mates to be part of our elite guards" Marcus explains, "I haven't yet decided it I want to do it before everyone goes as it means that we have a huge audience to see me humiliate him or do it just between us both until I feel he has felt how broken I felt when he killed my mate" he hums like he was more talking to himself instead of me for that last part.
"Well either way he get what he has coming for him sooner or later, it be just more fun for me to see him always looking and waiting to see when I finally decide" Marcus says with a gleeful smile at me, which causes me to be concerned about whether me coming up with that idea at the beginning was a good idea, maybe I ask my mate about it in bed to see what she thinks as she was close to Didyme just like Aro's mate was, so maybe she can tell me if this idea is a good one or if it's not, then maybe it's something to try and prevent from happening.
Heidi POV
It's been couple of hours since master Marcus was joined by his brothers, which despite that it hasn't changed the atmosphere of the day, as it doesn't exactly feel like a celebration when the birthday girl is off with the twins, but the get together part of it, seems to be more at ease, definitely as I got to catch up with Victoria who was the only living part of my old coven that I was part of, I was surprised she decided to come along but I guess that she must have been curious when she wasn't being hunted or killed that she thought she be safe, it was good to know that she has yet to find a mate but I told her not to give up as she will find her other half when the time is right.
I even found that I got along with Denali Coven quite well as they shared my feelings of what it was like to find it difficult to find a mate and not someone who just saw us as a piece of meat or to own like a possession. During our many conversations that we discussed, they did ask me a few questions about if I knew much about three vampires in particular who they have been eyeing at for a while, thinking about asking them to join their coven to increase their coven size but to also add some much needed fresh change that they all agreed was needed.
What surprised me was the names of the three vampires they asked about, Eleazar, Eleazar's mate Carmen and not surprising but definitely not one I approved of was Carlisle, "so what is it about these three individuals that you want to know about, or for that matter of fact want them to join, that's if they want to join you with no disrespect of course" I asked, Tanya the one who seemed the oldest of the three, " well we couldn't have one of the mated pair without the other so it seemed unfair to have one and not the other, but we are all for girl power, plus she feels like a mother figure that we could do with due to the loss of our own, which I know you can understand" she said, I just nodded, "what of Carlisle?" I asked trying not to show my look of disgust of him, "well it's more due to the fact that his abnormal yellow eyes has us intrigued to why they are not like everyone else's beautiful red eyes" Kate announce joyfully, as she seemed very excited and in love with the fact of a different colour be no normal yet interesting.
"Sorry not many would be as interested in his eyes definitely when you hear about his diet" I say, Tanya being first to notice I mentioned diet as I assumed she thought the different colour of his eyes was because of something else, "you said his diet?, So your saying he's found a different way to surviving without the taste of human blood, now that's even more intriguing I think we will go and find out from as the humans like to say the horse's mouth about this" Tanya says with a tone that commands authority, as she walks passed me with her siblings in tow.
After walking around seeing how the rest of the guests have been, I walk back to my masters Caius and Marcus, "guessing from that look on your face that your new friends of yours seem interested in Carlisle's diet much to your disgust" Caius chuckles at my expense, "it's not funny master, I just don't get what's so special about it, I can understand it's different to how we feed but it's so unnatural and not vampire like that it makes no sense" I say, as Caius goes back to his serious look, "your right it isn't natural or like us, but some like my idiotic brother over there do find it interesting so as much as individuals like us may not understand their interest in it we can just watch from a distance and hope that they lean back to our view of things" Caius explains.
"Your right brother but that's where we differ as, unlike you I understand that everyone has a right to view a situation a have a opinion on what they think is right or wrong, the one important factor to take into account is how we act on those opinions that we have on what we see or hear" Marcus explained, but clearly knowing him way to well to know he hasn't finished by any account, "which is where our idiot of a brother has failed tragically, as not just that he lets his gift guide how he views everyone and everything, but acts on them way to rashly without sharing what he sees as it's very unlikely that his gift only allows him to view it himself without even attempting to try and share what he sees with others to allow for a fair and reasonable judgement to be made" he pauses, "so just like when he acted alone to kill his own sister and my mate to prevent me leaving the castle to see the rest of the world, if he shared his opinions with us all then things could have worked out differently to where she could still be here to live a life that she deserved instead of what she got instead" Marcus finished but turned himself away as I knew saying that last bit made him upset and angry all the same time.
"You don't need to feel sad brother alone, as even though she is the closest to you being she was your mate, she was close to us all in some retrospect, that we can understand how sad it was to lose her or wishing that she was still with us alive, I'll bet even our moronic of a brother wishes that he could go back and change that fact, despite knowing that it's a impossibility" Caius say trying what he could to try and comfort master Marcus as best as he could without looking to come across as too mushy or show weakness as I know that's how he sees it, in a room that doesn't have any privacy, due to having a room with a crowd full of guests and the coven itself.
"Thank you, I just don't want no one to make actions on what they see or hear without at least talking it over with others so bad decisions isn't made repeatedly, which is why I'm glad to see that Amun's actions are already have repercussions already when it came to him taking action to seeking out Demetri before without waiting like everyone told him, which has left him recovering from shock at what he saw but also Kate's gift, so now he sits by the wall while his mate enjoys being able to interact with everyone without him preventing her doing so" Marcus explains, I look to master Marcus now fully understanding his speech to not just his own brother but to me without fully directing the whole explanation towards just me or just Caius, I just choose to nod to show I understand and walk away leaving them both alone in peace, so I could see how everyone else is doing as I've bound to be missing some juicy gossip.
As I reach to where everyone is, no one seems to pay me any mind as they must have been deep in conversation to notice, but at the corner of my eye I see Victoria wave me over where she is deep in conversation to say anything, but it seems she wants me to join her with the other nomads that she is getting along well with. One particular nomad who I don't remember the name of probably one I haven't yet come across with due to different circumstances in the past that prevented our meeting, who she seems the most happiest to be sticking close to almost like she is laughing which is rare sight to see from the time I spent with her so long ago when we was in a coven together.
"Heidi, glad you finished talking with the odd ones to finally join us, you definitely got to meet my friend here who has been telling me all his great adventures that he's been up to, not just that but he is a very good tracker, even though he says he is the best but we are yet to work out if he's better than your coven mate Demetri who I've heard is also the best tracker in the world so far" Victoria says joyfully while nudging me, which I took as a sign that she is obviously very happy, maybe I could persuade her to stay longer after this week is over.
Castle (Kur's) POV
Hearing someone enter the front of my doors, I know that it is the one that my friend Kur sent a while ago to try and infiltrate his obsession Isabella's celebration as he thought it be a good way to gain information due to the last mission ending sooner than he expected due to the unforeseen circumstances one of them including Felix being put in the dungeons after he failed to destroy Isabella at the time when both Chelsea and Afton were undercover gathering intel on the Italian coven, that Kur intended to destroy when he felt the time was right. Of course I told him numerous of times that with Isabella involved with they come when he found out that she was there, that all assassinations he planned would fail, which is why I advised him to keep the one who brought her into this world to be held hostage, and not to be killed until she gave us correct information that we wanted instead of the useless information she always gave him whenever he visited her, in a undisclosed location that I told him not to even inform me, even if I do have my suspicions of roughly where.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T GET IN" Kur roared louder enough that caused my entire castle like body to shake, showing his unstable power radiating, which if I could smile I would, as I knew that it would have failed so soon after what happened, given with the intel that volturi would be on higher alert even with it being months ago since Felix escaping.
Finding a way to mind link with Kur yet again, knowing it be the only way he hear me, "send him up with you to my hidden room is, so I can see into his mind to see what he saw, as otherwise your temper will destroy his body before we get anything of use from him" finishing up by cutting off the mind link, as I awaited for them to show up in my hidden room that me and Kur use to talk in private, I feel Kur dragging the individual up the many flights of stairs, while being glad it is uncomfortable yet not painful as every part of this castle is part of me, despite it not being my true physical being.
As the door opens, I see that I was correct who I suspected the individual he sent as I knew I could have looked earlier but felt no need as I never cared about any of the individuals in this castle not even Kur, as they all was a means to a ends for Kur's mission, but I'm just waiting till my true physical being is healed and back to its full power once more to be finally be rid of this castle form that I unfortunately been cursed to be stuck in as punishment for my past deeds.
"Why did you want me to bring this filth to our meeting space, I do hope you know what your doing" Kur says with irritation clearly showing without trying to hide it, not that he would as he is too proud to disguise it in front of one of his underlings, " as a matter of fact I do, because if I let you have your way then you will still be clueless but it's my more superior intelligence and experience that I knew that this plan of yours would fail so I came up with a back up plan of my own that requires using a little ability that I can do that I never told you, and will never will, but with it I can see what he seen to see what is useful for you and skip parts that's unnecessary" I speak through several parts of this very room which causes the Egyptian underling to quiver as he never heard me speak, not that it bothers me.
Now for my next phase of the plan, "Kur bring your Egyptian underling closer to the middle of the room and move back unless you want this thing to show everyone else what is inside your head too" I speak again, knowing that he would listen as I taught him so much before I became this form I'm stuck in, as Kur picks him up and throws him with precision into the middle of the room and backs up towards the door to ensure he's out of the way, with a cross look on his face and arms crossed.
"Let's see, what we can see shall we, I mean me" I hum as I push my power into the underling not caring what happens as all this is just me experimenting to see how much power I can still use even in this limited form I hold, as the seconds move forward I am pleased I still got it, just wishing I could show it on my face that isn't there, "yes here we are" I hum again.
Finally accessed into the Egyptian underling's mind I see it all, it's absolutely magnificent, I look through many memories, some useless ones so interesting but nothing to take interested in as it's not what I'm searching for at this time, but I do leave something in some of the memories for later use, "ah ha I found what you require Kur, he was right he didn't get to enter the building like you wanted but this cretin actually did something quite smart and found one of those weak vampires who holds a deep grudge on the man child vampire, but besides that it seems your target who you wish to destroy may not be as easy with that she has now found a mate who could prevent you or anyone getting to get until much later that you planned" I speak through the walls, "so besides that nothing of use to you, so you can do what you please with your underling, but if you do keep him alive wipe his mind of entering this part of my form if you wouldn't mind" I say, making my voice sound weakened as I so didn't feel like doing that.
Kur uses his shadow power to pick up the underling, and throws him out of the now opened door that I opened just so my door didn't get damaged in Kur's fit of anger, "he has served his purpose, he is alive but doesn't remember today's events, thanks for giving me information, I'm off to see how my pathetic human is doing with my prisoners" Kur says while walking into a shadow and disappears.
That was the last I saw of him today, which left me with peace and quiet to do some snooping and checks for a few things I wanted to take care of that I didn't want Kur to be involved in, I hum a silent tune to myself, as knowing that none of the occupants of my castle body will know what i'm up to or saying unless I make it happen, clearly feeling happy that I have regained a small amount of my old power I used to have in my original body, that needs more negative energy to be restored, which I'm uncertain how long that will take but, I'm not rushed for time as that is one thing I have had plenty of all this time.
So I hope you enjoyed that chapter as much as I did writing it, if you all have anything that you liked or disliked or think I could have improved then please let me know through a review as I very much appreciate it. I will try to post a new chapter as soon as possible but until then I hope this chapter keeps you looking forward to more.